Abstract
In this chapter we will discuss how to provide a developmental practice (a didactics) in early childhood literacy. Our reasoning is based on video observationsSabs made in a study in which a preschool teacher reads a picture book for one child at a time (children aged 1–3 years) and then lets the child play with figures and objects that are related to the story. We will discuss some important aspects of the story reading and multimodal forms of expression in preschool and how to facilitate children’s literacy-learning. The aim of this chapter is to illustrate how teachers can observe and describe children’s literacy events and the multimodal forms of expression they use in preschool. The observations provide an opportunity to develop teaching and challenge children’s literacy-learning in a perspective of participation and democratic values.
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Mellgren, E., Gustafsson, K. (2011). Early Childhood Literacy and Children’s Multimodal Expressions in Preschool. In: Pramling, N., Pramling Samuelsson, I. (eds) Educational Encounters: Nordic Studies in Early Childhood Didactics. International perspectives on early childhood education and development, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1617-9_10
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